"Hoagy Carmichael, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Harry Gibson, and Nina Simone, as well as in the rock n' roll genre from which emerged influential singer-songwriters Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke, Ritchie Valens, and Paul Anka. In the country music field, singer-songwriters like Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Roger Miller, Billy Edd Wheeler, and others emerged from the 1940s through the 1960s, often writing compelling songs about love relationships and other subjects. The first popular recognition of the singer-songwriter in English-speaking North America and the United Kingdom occurred"
"Billy Paul Paul Williams (December 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016), known professionally as Billy Paul, was a Grammy Award-winning American soul singer, known for his 1972 #1 single, ""Me and Mrs. Jones"", as well as the 1973 album and single ""War of the Gods"" which blends his more conventional pop, soul, and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences. He was one of the many artists associated with the Philadelphia soul sound created by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell. Paul was identified by his diverse vocal style which ranged from mellow and soulful to low and raspy."
"by his two daughters (Natali and Melody Williams) and two sons, the actor Anthony Barclay and Michael Stewart. Danny Williams (singer) Danny Williams (7 January 1942 – 6 December 2005) was a British, South African-born pop singer. who earned the nickname, ""Britain's Johnny Mathis"", for his smooth and stylish way with a ballad. He is best known for singing his UK number 1 version of ""Moon River"" in 1961 and his US top ten hit, ""White on White"". Born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Williams won a talent contest at the age of 14 and joined a touring"
"Billy Dee ""Not to be confused with Billy Dee Williams or Billy Dee Smith"" William Randall Daniels, better known by the stage name Billy Dee (born September 25, 1951) is a retired African American adult film actor. Born and raised in San Diego, California, Daniels is of mixed ancestry, of Irish, Mexican and African American heritage, one of six children; he has four brothers and a sister. He worked from the age of 11, often on his grandfather's farm milking the cows, and lost his virginity at 14 in a barn, although he did not have sex again until he"
"Billy Dee ""Not to be confused with Billy Dee Williams or Billy Dee Smith"" William Randall Daniels, better known by the stage name Billy Dee (born September 25, 1951) is a retired African American adult film actor. Born and raised in San Diego, California, Daniels is of mixed ancestry, of Irish, Mexican and African American heritage, one of six children; he has four brothers and a sister. He worked from the age of 11, often on his grandfather's farm milking the cows, and lost his virginity at 14 in a barn, although he did not have sex again until he"
"Billy De Wolfe Billy De Wolfe (February 18, 1907 – March 5, 1974) was an American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. Born William Andrew Jones in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, DeWolfe was the son of a Welsh bookbinder who encouraged him to become a Baptist minister. Instead, Billy developed an interest in the theatre. He found work as an usher before becoming a dancer with the Jimmy O'Connor Band. It was at this point that he changed his last name to De Wolfe, which was the last name"
"Billy Williams (singer) Wilfred Williams (December 28, 1910 – October 17, 1972) was an African-American singer. He had a successful cover recording of Fats Waller's ""I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter"" in 1957. The record sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. His trademark hook for his songs was to shout ""Oh, Yeah"" at the end of lyrics. A Methodist minister's son, Williams was born in Waco, Texas. His early youth was spent in Texas, before the family moved to Ohio. Growing up, he sang in choirs at churches where his father"
"Dick Williams (singer) Richard Blaine Williams (June 7, 1926 – May 5, 2018) was an American singer and actor. He was the older brother of Andy Williams and the two of them appeared together as The Williams Brothers. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. While living in Cheviot, Ohio, he attended Western Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. He finished high school at University High School, in West Los Angeles, because of his family's move to California. Williams had three brothers: Bob, Don, and Andy. One of his first"
"Dee Dee Phelps Dee Dee Phelps (born Mary Sperling) is a singer-songwriter and author from Santa Monica, California, best known as half the popular 1960s musical duo Dick and Dee Dee. She became a professional writer in 2007, publishing her award-winning memoir ""Vinyl Highway"". In 2008, Dee Dee joined with singer/actor Michael Dunn to revive the Dick and Dee Dee act live. More recently, in 2013, Dee Dee is now teamed with Deke Detanna, lead singer of Deke and the Blazers. The duo performs all over the country, singing classic Dick and Dee Dee hits. Phelps was born as Mary"
"Dee Dee Ramone Douglas Glenn Colvin (September 18, 1951 – June 5, 2002), known professionally as Dee Dee Ramone, was a German-American musician, singer and songwriter best known as founding member, songwriter, bassist and occasional lead vocalist for the punk rock band the Ramones. Though nearly all of the Ramones' songs were credited equally to all the band members, Dee Dee was the band's most prolific lyricist and composer, writing many of their best-known songs, such as ""53rd & 3rd"", ""Commando"", ""Wart Hog"", ""Rockaway Beach"", and ""Poison Heart"". He also co-wrote ""Bonzo Goes To Bitburg"", retitled ""My Brain Is Hanging"
"Danny Williams (singer) Danny Williams (7 January 1942 – 6 December 2005) was a British, South African-born pop singer. who earned the nickname, ""Britain's Johnny Mathis"", for his smooth and stylish way with a ballad. He is best known for singing his UK number 1 version of ""Moon River"" in 1961 and his US top ten hit, ""White on White"". Born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Williams won a talent contest at the age of 14 and joined a touring show called Golden City Dixies that played throughout South Africa. In 1959, the show came to London where"
"Dee Dee Sharp Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue, September 9, 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American R&B singer, who began her career recording as a backing vocalist in 1961. In 1962 she began a string of successful ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Top 10 hits: ""Slow Twistin'"" (with Chubby Checker) (#3) for which she was uncredited on the label, ""Mashed Potato Time"" (#2), ""Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)"" (#9), ""Ride"" (#5) and ""Do the Bird"" (#10). Both ""Mashed Potato Time"" and ""Ride"" each sold over one million copies, and were awarded gold discs. ""Do the Bird"" provided her only"
"a record producer, whose ""Catch Me I'm Falling"" by the group Pretty Poison climbed the charts on its release. Ulysses Kae Williams Ulysses Kae Williams (February 4, 1921 – December 29, 1987) was an American DJ, record label owner and producer, known as one of the earliest local deejays to play the blues. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, he started in radio around 1945 and worked for numerous area stations, including WSSJ, WDAS, WHAT (AM), and WCAM. At the same time, he worked for the ""Philadelphia Tribune"", from 1945 to 1948 as theatrical and night club critic. Williams managed several"
"Bill Hayes (actor) William ""Bill"" Foster Hayes III (born June 5, 1925) is a long-time American actor of both the stage and television and a ""Billboard"" Hot 100 #1 recording artist. Following a successful career as a musician which began in the late 1940s, he began to focus on dramatic acting parts in the late 1960s, which led him to be cast in a role that gained him additional fame and notoriety to a younger generation. This new chapter in his career began in 1970 when he originated the character of Doug Williams on NBC's ""Days of Our Lives"", which"
"Robert Deeble Robert Deeble (born 1966) is an American singer-songwriter originally from Long Beach, California, now based in Seattle. His recordings have been noted for their orchestrated arrangements, a subtle, minimalist style of production, and lyrical content. Robert's newest album, ""Beloved,"" is set for release on March 30, 2018. Robert's first album, ""Days Like These,"" featured a duet with folk heroine Victoria Williams on the song Rockabye. Subsequent recordings included such music industry veterans as Rachel Blumberg of The Decemberists; Tomo Nakayama of Grand Hallway; cellist Melissa Hasin; vocalists Anna-Lynne Williams, Jen Wood, and Shenandoah Davis; and drummer Stephen Hodges"
"Dennis The Fox Dennis Caldirola (born 1948) – better known to record collectors by the stage-name, Dennis The Fox – is an America Singer, songwriter, and keyboardist who for many years has been most notable for his soulful compositions that were recorded by prominent jazz, soul, and disco artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater (b. 1950) and Phyllis Hyman (1949–1995). Active as a performing musician since the mid-1960s, Caldirola was initially a member of various teenage rock ‘n’ roll bands during the Pacific Northwest's “Louie Louie” era. By the 1970s his songwriting talent was flourishing and various other artists began"
"Flash, White Cloud, and Copper. Eddie Dean (singer) Eddie Dean (born Edgar Dean Glosup, – ) was an American western singer and actor whom Roy Rogers and Gene Autry termed the best cowboy singer of all time. Dean was best known for ""I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven"" (1955), which became an even greater hit for Tex Ritter in 1961. Dean was born in the rural community of Posey in Hopkins County, Texas, northwest of Sulphur Springs. His father was a teacher, who encouraged Dean to launch a professional singing career. At the age of sixteen, Dean performed on the"
"Willy DeVille Willy DeVille (born William Paul Borsey Jr., August 25, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, Deville created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary music, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr. John, Mark Knopfler, Allen Toussaint, and Eddie Bo. Latin rhythms, blues riffs, doo-wop, Cajun music, strains of French cabaret, and echoes of early-1960s uptown soul can be heard in DeVille's work. Mink DeVille was a"
"Dee Anthony Dee Anthony (April 9, 1926 – October 25, 2009) was an American talent manager who started in the business with fellow Bronx native Jerry Vale. After meeting Tony Bennett in 1954 at a nightclub in Yonkers, New York, he ended up representing the singer for more than a decade. From the 1960s to the mid-1990s, Anthony managed a number of music artists, including Humble Pie, Traffic, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Gary Wright, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Montrose, Devo and Armageddon, with his most notable client being Peter Frampton. He was born on April 9, 1926, and"
"Marty Wilde Marty Wilde, (born Reginald Leonard Smith; 15 April 1939) is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, and is the father of pop singers Ricky, Kim and Roxanne Wilde. Wilde was born in Blackheath, London. He was performing under the name Reg Patterson at London's Condor Club in 1957, when he was spotted by impresario Larry Parnes. Parnes gave his protégés stage names like Billy Fury, Duffy Power and Dickie Pride, hence the change to Wilde. The 'Marty' came from the commended 1955 film,"
"Ulysses Kae Williams Ulysses Kae Williams (February 4, 1921 – December 29, 1987) was an American DJ, record label owner and producer, known as one of the earliest local deejays to play the blues. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, he started in radio around 1945 and worked for numerous area stations, including WSSJ, WDAS, WHAT (AM), and WCAM. At the same time, he worked for the ""Philadelphia Tribune"", from 1945 to 1948 as theatrical and night club critic. Williams managed several local acts, including Lee Andrews & the Hearts, and Solomon Burke (from 1954-1957). In the mid-1950s, Kae reached what"
"2015 AMG Favorite Retro Artist of the Year award as well as being given the Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award during the Artists Music Guild's 2015 AMG Heritage Awards broadcast held on November 14, 2015 in Monroe, North Carolina. Paul died on the afternoon of April 24, 2016, at his home in the Blackwood section of Gloucester Township, New Jersey, from pancreatic cancer at the age of 81. Billy Paul Paul Williams (December 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016), known professionally as Billy Paul, was a Grammy Award-winning American soul singer, known for his 1972 #1 single, ""Me and Mrs."
"Billy Ward and his Dominoes Billy Ward and his Dominoes were an African-American R&B vocal group. One of the most successful R&B groups of the early 1950s, the Dominoes helped launch the singing careers of two notable members, Clyde McPhatter and Jackie Wilson. Billy Ward (born Robert L. Williams, 19 September 1921, Savannah, Georgia, died 16 February 2002, Inglewood, California) grew up in Philadelphia, the second of three sons of Charles Williams and Cora Bates Williams, and was a child musical prodigy, winning an award for a piano composition at the age of 14. Following military service with the Coast"
"2008, not in 1988 as reported on some sites. In 2011 he was posthumously inducted into the Bartow County Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Jackey Beavers Robert Lewis ""Jackey"" Beavers (June 19, 1937 – October 28, 2008) was an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, songwriter, pastor and community activist. He recorded with Johnny Bristol as the duo Johnny and Jackey, and co-wrote ""Someday We'll Be Together"", later a no.1 hit for Diana Ross and the Supremes. Beavers was born and grew up in Cartersville, Georgia, and, after leaving high school, joined the US Air Force. While stationed at"
"his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame lies alongside that of Jerry Lewis. Billy Daniels William Boone Daniels (September 12, 1915 – October 7, 1988), better known as Billy Daniels, was an American singer active in the United States and Europe from the mid-1930s to 1988, notable for his hit recording of ""That Old Black Magic"" and his pioneering performances on early 1950s television. Daniels was born in Jacksonville, Florida, where his father was a postmaster and notary. His mother was a schoolteacher and organist. Daniels had a heritage of Portuguese sailor, Native American (Choctaw), African American, and frontiersman"
"Rubberlegs Williams Henry ""Rubberlegs"" Williams (14 July 1907 in Atlanta - 17 October 1962 in New York City) was an American blues and jazz singer, dancer and occasional female impersonator. A star of Vaudeville, he is probably best remembered for his singing work with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, although it was for his dancing that he was renowned for in New York City and Boston. Williams was born in Atlanta in 1907. He became employed as dancer with Bobby Grant's Female Impersonators in 1919 and became a spectacle. He later won several Cakewalk and Charleston competitions and other dancing"
"Bill Lister ""Big Bill"" Lister (January 5, 1923 – December 1, 2009) was an American honky tonk country music singer. Born Weldon E. Lister, he was nicknamed ""Radio's Tallest Singing Cowboy,"" standing over 6-foot-7 without his cowboy boots and hat. For several years in the 1950s, he traveled with Hank Williams, Sr., as the opening act for Williams and his ""Drifting Cowboys."" As a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, Lister worked with most of the stars of the day, including Little Jimmy Dickens, String Bean, Minnie Pearl, Del Wood, The Carter Family, and others. He was also a"
"Lee ""Shot"" Williams Henry Lee ""Shot"" Williams (May 21, 1938 – November 25, 2011) was an American blues singer. He got the nickname ""Shot"" from his mother at a young age, owing to his fondness for wearing suits and dressing up as a ""big shot."" Williams grew up in the country close to his cousin and fellow blues man, Little Smokey Smothers. ""Shot"" moved to Detroit in 1954 and to Chicago in 1958. He joined Smothers there and began singing with Smokey's band in 1960 and a few years later joined Magic Sam's band as a vocalist. In 1962, Williams"
"Hank Williams Jr. Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Williams Jr., is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country. He is the son of country music singer Hank Williams and the father of Hank Williams III and Holly Williams. Williams began his career by following in his famed father's footsteps, covering his father's songs and imitating his father's style. Williams' first television appearance was in a 1964 episode of ABC's ""The Jimmy Dean Show"", in which at the age of still fourteen"
"Billy Williams (music hall performer) Richard Isaac Banks (March 3, 1878 – March 13, 1915), who changed his name to Billy Williams after leaving his birthplace of Australia, was a popular vaudeville and music hall entertainer of his era. (see B.Rust: Music Hall On Record, Gramophone 1979 p. 282 et seq.) Over 500 recordings sold in their thousands long after his early death in 1915. Born in Melbourne, Williams tried a number of jobs before embarking on an entertainment career which led him to come to England in 1899. He became a popular entertainer in the music halls singing what"
"Deniece Williams Deniece Williams (born June Deniece Chandler; June 3, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and producer. Williams has been described as ""one of the great soul voices"" by the BBC. Williams has won four Grammys with twelve nominations altogether. Born in Gary, Indiana, Williams attended Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, in the hopes of becoming a registered nurse and an anesthetist, but dropped out after a year and a half. Of the experience she went on to say ""You have to be a good student to be in college, and I wasn't."" Williams went on to start"
"of his twin commitments, and that production on the Saint episode had to be completed with a double in place of the late actor. Gary Miller (singer) Gary Miller, born Neville Williams (1924 – 15 June 1968) was an English popular music singer and actor of the 1950s and 1960s. His career spanned only 13 years before he died of a heart attack in 1968. He released 24 singles and six EPs on the Pye label between 1955 and 1967. Pye released a further compilation EP after his death. Miller had several Top 40 singles early in his career, his"
"to sing with the Harry James band and later in August 1951 landed on Broadway. In 1998 Andy, Don, Dick and their sister Jane, visited Wall Lake for the dedication of the Williams family home as a historic site and tourist attraction. Williams died in Burbank, California, at the age of 91. Albums Singles Songs Dick Williams (singer) Richard Blaine Williams (June 7, 1926 – May 5, 2018) was an American singer and actor. He was the older brother of Andy Williams and the two of them appeared together as The Williams Brothers. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa,"